Covenants, Restrictions, and Easements

For each property in University Hill Farms, there is a "Declaration of Covenants, Restrictions and Easements" document describing limitations placed on the property, primarily regarding architectural changes. These restrictions are commonly called "deed restrictions".

The neighborhood is divided into about a dozen "plats", each of which has its own deed restrictions document. Unfortunately, it is not always easy to find out in which plat a given property resides. To further complicate matters, many of the plats have names that resemble the names of "areas" in the neighborhood, but the plats and the areas do not always match up.

To assist you in determining which plat you reside in, and therefore which deed restrictions apply to you, volunteers from the neighborhood association have pieced together the following table from various sources, including the City of Madison Assessor's website. There is no guarantee that we have correctly identified the plat for each address, so if you are basing important decisions on this information, please seek expert advice before doing anything drastic.

This table lists every residence in the neighborhood. It is sorted by street name (ignoring street direction, such as "N." or "S."), and then by street number. For some of the residences in the neighborhood, we have not been able to determine a plat. If this is the case for your residence, you might try downloading the deed restrictions for likely plats and examining the maps included in the documents.

Links to Covenants, Restrictions and Easements

If you already know what plat you are in, choose one of the links in the first section below. (Note: your property tax bill each December does list the plat for your property.)